What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The New World of DIY Medical Tests
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🗓️ 14 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
“Home diagnostics” are a $5 billion industry—and growing. Spurred by social media, people are buying into at-home health tests, without input from their doctors, and often, not even the FDA.
Guest: Elizabeth Dwoskin, reporter for the Washington Post
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